title: [Local resection of pancreatic neoplasms: clinical analysis of 17 cases].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the role of local resection in treatment of pancreatic neoplasms.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 17 patients with pancreatic neoplasms, 3 males and 14 females, aged 47.9 (34-67), who underwent local resection from January 1996 to June 2007 were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 17 tumors, 9 were located in the head, 7 located in the body, and 1 located in the tail of pancreas. The diameters of the 17 tumors were 1.5-8.0 cm, 3.6 cm on average, and the diameters of 8 tumors were above 4 cm. Pathological examination confirmed 8 tumors as nonfunctioning insulinoma, 5 as solid pseudopapillary tumor, 1 as neurilemmoma, 1 as cyst, 1 as gastrointestinal stroma tumor, and 1 as low-graded malignant tumor. Pancreatic leakage occurred in 7 cases (41.2%) and no death, recurrence, and endocrine and exocrine insufficiency occurred after operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Capable pf preserving endocrine and exocrine functions, local resection is a feasible method for benign or low-graded malignant pancreatic neoplasms, however, with a high rate of pancreatic leakage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Abdominal Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Cheng-feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Dong-bing
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010180:Pancreatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies